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Louisa Florence Emily <I>Dixie</I> Durrell

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Louisa Florence Emily Dixie Durrell

Birth
Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Death
24 Jan 1964 (aged 78)
Bournemouth Unitary Authority, Dorset, England
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Bournemouth, Bournemouth Unitary Authority, Dorset, England Add to Map
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Louisa Florence Durrell, born Louisa Florence Dixie (16 January 1886 – 24 January 1964), was an Anglo-Irish woman born in India during the British Raj. She married and raised four children, including novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist Gerald Durrell. She was featured as the character of 'Mother' in Gerald Durrell's autobiographical Corfu Trilogy, published from 1954 to 1978, about the family's years in Corfu from 1935 to 1939.

Louisa Florence Dixie
b.16 Jan 1886 Roorkee, British India
d.24 Jan 1964 (age 78y) Bournemouth, England
Spouse: Lawrence Samuel Durrell
Children:
Lawrence, Margaret , Leslie, Gerald
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b. 17 Jan 1886 Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
m. 23 Nov 1910 Roorkee, Bengal, India Lawrence Samuel Durrell
d.24 Jan 1964 Bournemouth, Dorset, England
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Name: Samuel Amos Durrell
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1914
Registration District: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Event Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Age: 63
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Volume: 2B
Page: 472
Affiliate Line Number: 83
Son of Mahala Durrell 42y, Mrs Henry Page, he was 35y, in 1851 census of England, Wales & Scotland
Hacheston Street, Hacheston, Plomesgate, Suffolk, EnglandCensus
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Durrell-226

Mother link Suggested By: Annibee 3 Aug 2022
Louisa Florence Durrell, born Louisa Florence Dixie (16 January 1886 – 24 January 1964), was an Anglo-Irish woman born in India during the British Raj. She married and raised four children, including novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist Gerald Durrell. She was featured as the character of 'Mother' in Gerald Durrell's autobiographical Corfu Trilogy, published from 1954 to 1978, about the family's years in Corfu from 1935 to 1939.

Louisa Florence Dixie
b.16 Jan 1886 Roorkee, British India
d.24 Jan 1964 (age 78y) Bournemouth, England
Spouse: Lawrence Samuel Durrell
Children:
Lawrence, Margaret , Leslie, Gerald
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b. 17 Jan 1886 Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
m. 23 Nov 1910 Roorkee, Bengal, India Lawrence Samuel Durrell
d.24 Jan 1964 Bournemouth, Dorset, England
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Name: Samuel Amos Durrell
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1914
Registration District: Portsmouth
County: Hampshire
Event Place: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Age: 63
Birth Year (Estimated): 1851
Volume: 2B
Page: 472
Affiliate Line Number: 83
Son of Mahala Durrell 42y, Mrs Henry Page, he was 35y, in 1851 census of England, Wales & Scotland
Hacheston Street, Hacheston, Plomesgate, Suffolk, EnglandCensus
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Durrell-226

Mother link Suggested By: Annibee 3 Aug 2022

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